Skeptophilia

Archaeologists and paleontologists are up against the same problem; bones and other fossils only get you so far. There are cases where fossi...

On May 19, 1845, two ships -- the HMS Erebus  and the HMS Terror  -- set sail from Greenhithe, Kent, England, bound for an exploration of th...

It's strange to think about, but there is a point in human history at which you can divide all of the inhabitants into two categories: t...

It is a frequent source of perplexity for me when people read about scientific research, and because of their own biases (1) claim that it s...

Given that everything in the news yesterday made me want to turn off the lights, curl up in a ball in the corner of my office, and whimper s...

Well, the cryptozoological world has been buzzing the last few days about a press release from (in)famous Dr. Melba Ketchum, who has announ...